Nun languages

Nun
Nun
Geographic; distribution	Grassfields of western Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Nun; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	mbam1253

The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

The languages are:[1]

Bamum (Mum, Shu Paməm; Bapi dialect)

Baba (Bapa)

Bafanji (Fanji, Chufieʼ)

Bangolan (Ngolan)

Bambalang (Mbalang, Chrambo)

Mungaʼka (Ngaaka)

dialects: Li (Bali Nyonga), Ndeng (Bandeng), Ti (Bati)

core: Bamali (Mali, Chopechop), Bamenyan (Mamenyan), Bamukumbit (Mankong), Ndzerem

References

Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon

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